In Texas, where doctors face up to 99 years of prison if convicted of performing an illegal abortion, medical and legal experts say the law is complicating decision-making around emergency pregnancy care.

Although the state law says termination of ectopic pregnancies is not considered abortion, the draconian penalties scare Texas doctors from treating those patients,

  • Cadenza
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    384 months ago

    As you can check by my comments history I’m not an usual US hater. But here, I must admit this country is a professional shitshow.

    • @[email protected]
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      284 months ago

      When a state used to have maternal outcomes similar to a developing nation’s, then passed some new laws and it got worse, I’d say shitshow is too mild.